Screw and method of making same



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UNITED STATES PA NT QFF ICE v SCREW m M1333 Mame SAME Charles E. Hathom, Kenmore, N.

Y., assignor to Curtiss-Wright Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Application May 28, 1942, Serial No. 4 4,785

This invention is directed to new and useful improvements invscrew heads and the method of making same. Specifically, the invention is directed to that type of screw in which the head is formed with across or other shaped opening or recess which does not ex end all the way across the head.

In the past, such openings or recesses have been formed in screw heads largely by means,

of punching operations, with the result that the recess tapers inwardly within the head. As a result of such a construction, there is always a tendency for the screw driver to slip out of the recessed head. Consequently, it is an object of this invention to provide an opening or recess in a screw head in which the walls thereof are 13 Claims not tapered but instead are parallel to the axis of the screw.

Another disadvantage of a screw head formed by punching the recess therein is that any slight eccentricity of the punch relative to the screw very thin -wall on one side of the head. In addition, in order to prevent the screw driver from slipping out of the tapered recess, it is necessary to make the recess quite deep. Both of these disadvantages tend to result in splitting of the screw head. Therefore, an-

other object of this invention is to provide a new and improved method of forming a relatively shallow recess in a screw head with non-tapered walls.

A further object of the invention is toprovide a new type screw head and method of making same in .which the screw driver receiving opening is made by first forming a substantially cylindrically recessedhead, for example, by machining or extrusion operations with the edge of the recessed wall scalloped or notched to form axially extending prongs or projectionsthencausing these projections and a portion of the side wall of the recess to be bent inwardly to form the face of the screw head. 'I'he'resulting position of the projections form axially extending openings into the head for the shaped screw driver. Otherobjects will appear as the invention is more fully described in the following specification. v I

In the drawings,

Figs.'1 and 2 are perspective views, partly in reception of a correspondingly.

Fig. 4 is a section talzen' along theline 4-4 I Fig. 11 is a partial perspective view and a plan view of'the die core;

Fig. 12 is a plan view,

partly in section, of a die for extruding the screw head and Figs. 13 to 16 illustrate various steps in the' extrusion of the screw head.

Referring now to the drawings, l0 and II indicate screws with heads i2 and I} made in accordance with the present invention. Said heads each have a recess H with axial openings i8 extending from a face 16 of the screw head into the recess l4. It is to be understood that the invention is equally applicable to all kinds of screws, bolts, or other similar securing meansand that the term "screw" as herein used, is to generic to all such securing means. i

Fig. 5 illustrates the screw blank before the face of the screw head has been formed. This screw head may be formed by extrusion, as hereinafter described, or the head may be formed by some other method, for example, by upse ting one endof the screw blank and then machi tling the upset head end to form a substantiallyiy ndrical recess H in the head with the upper edge of the wall of said recess notched or scalloped to form axially extending projections or prongs 20. The screw blank is then placed in a holding block26, and a die 22 having a hollow concave face 24 is operated to impart a preliminary in- I ward bend to the prongs 2|! and to the side wall of the recess. The screw blank is then placed in a second holding block 38 having a core 8'0 4 of cross-shaped cross section and extending besection, showing heads of different screws formed according to the invention;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the screw head illustrated in 'Fig. 2;

' the base of the recess I 4.

tween the preliminary bentprongsifl of the screw head.- A spring 34 engages a non-circular head of the core 30 to'bias the core against 32 of the core is slidably but non-rotatably'received within the hollow of die 28 and the cross-shaped portion of the core extends through a correspondingly shaped opening in the 'head end 38 of the sure to-the die, the

the prongs 20 and recess are bent radially inward to side wall of be considered The non-circular headdie 28. Upon application of presthe position I a cross-shaped opening. This is the usual shape oi opening provided in' such screws. However. it is to be understood that the invention is not so limited. Obviously, by changing the number,v shape or character of the axial prongs 20 and by providing the die 28 and core 30 to correspond, openings of various cross section and shape may he formed in the screw head.

Figs. 12 to 15 illustrate a method of forming a screw head blank of the type fllustrated in Fig. by an extrusion process. A punch 50 is provided with a substantially cylindrical portion 5i and a scalloped edge portion 52 corresponding to the desired shape of prongs or projections 28. The cylindrical portion Si is slightly tapered to permit its removal from the recess it formed thereby. A screw blank 15 is placed in a holder 56 having a cylindrical recess 58 into which the blank extends. The cylindrical portion Si or the punch is of smaller diameter than the recess 58 while the body of the punch 56 is snugly received within the recess 58. Thus, upon application of pressure to the punch 55), the metal of the screw blank is extruded between portion SI of the punch and the wall of the recess 58, the edge portion 52 of the punch operating to form the prongs or projections 20 extending from the screw head. An ejector 54 extends through the center of the punch in order to remove the screw blank. A

shearing member 60 operates to cutthe screw blank to the proper length. The blank thus formed corresponds to that illustrated in Fig. 5.

While I have described my invention in detail in its present preferred embodiment, it will be obvious to those skilled in-the art, after understanding my invention, that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit in the appended claims to cover all fications and changes.

I claim as my invention:

1. A screw or the like provided with a head, the race of the head comprising a continuous inturned flange with one or more axially extending openings between portions of the flange,

2. A screw or the like provided with a head, the face of the headcomprising an intumed flange with one or more axially extending through openings.

3.'A screw or the like as recited in claim 2 in which said opening or openings have axial nontapering side walls.

4. A screw or the like provided with a head, the race of the head comprising an inturned flange with one or more openings between edges or the flange and extending into the head, the walls of said openings extending in an anal direction.

5. A screw or the like formed from a blank having a cylindrically recessed head with the wall of the recess bent radially inward to form or scope thereof. I aim such modi- 'the face ot-the head, said face having one or more through openings with axial non-tapering side walls.

6. A screw or the like provided with a head, the face of the head comprising an inturned flange with radially extending projections, the spaces'between said projections defining one or more axial openings extending inward from the face or! the head.

'I. A screw or the like as recited in claim 5 in which said opening or openings have axial nontapering side walls.

8. The method of forming the head of a screw or the like comprisingthe step of providing a head on a screw blank with an axially extending cylindrical recess having a notched or scalloped edge forming axially extending projections, and the step of causing said projections and the side wall or the recess to be bent radially inward to form the face of the screw head with one or more axial openings between the edges of said projections.

9. The method of forming the head of a screw or the like comprising the step of providing a head with an axially extending cylindrical recess having anotched or scalloped edge forming axially extending projections, and the step of causing said projections to be bent radially inward to form the face of the screw head with one or more axial openings between the edges of the projections.

10. The method of forming the head of a screw or the like comprising the steps of providing a head with an axially extending cylindrical recess having a notched or scalloped edge forming axially extending projections, of causing the projections to be preliminarily bent inward a slight amount, and of placing a core between said projections and causing the projections to be bent radially inward about said core to form the face of the screw head with one or more openings between said projections as formed by the core.

11. The method of forming the head of a screw or the like comprising the steps of providing a ing axially extending projections, and or causing said projections to be bent radially inward about a core member shaped to correspond to the number and shape of said projections whereby one or more axial openings are left by the core between said projections.

12. The method of forming the head of a screw or the like comprising the steps of providing a head with an axially extending cylindrical recess, and of causing the side walls of said recess to be bent radially inward so as to leave one or more axial'openings therebetween.

I 13. The method of forming a head screw blank or the like comprising the step of extruding a portion of one end of the blank into a hollow cylindrical portion with the edge of the cylindrical portion notched or scalloped to form axially extending projections, and causing said projections to be bent radially inwardly to form the face or the screw head with one or more axial openings between the edges of said projections.

CHARLES E. HATHORN. 

